| Abstract from DBPedia | A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of the crankshaft. A four-stroke engine requires four strokes of the piston to complete a power cycle during two crankshaft revolutions. In a two-stroke engine, the end of the combustion stroke and the beginning of the compression stroke happen simultaneously, with the intake and exhaust (or scavenging) functions occurring at the same time. Two-stroke engines often have a high power-to-weight ratio, power being available in a narrow range of rotational speeds called the power band. Two-stroke engines have fewer moving parts than four-stroke engines.2ストローク機関（ツーストロークきかん）は内燃機関の一種で、2行程で1周期とする2ストローク1サイクルレシプロエンジン式の名称。英語のtwo-stroke cycleの省略で、昭和年間以前には2サイクル機関・2行程機関とも呼ばれた。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Two-stroke_engine) |
